RE: Game of Thrones Season 5 Discussion [SPOILERS WITHIN]
May 5, 2015 at 4:06 pm
(This post was last modified: May 5, 2015 at 4:06 pm by SteelCurtain.)
Yeah, for certain if Rhaegar and Cersei were married and he scooted off to Dorne with Lyanna, a rebellion would have happened. Robert still would have been pissed. Ned would have still been pissed. The only difference is it would have been over a lot sooner, because the Lannisters would have been spearheading the revolt instead of waiting to see who was going to win. Dorne would have stayed out of it and guarded the Boneway from the rebels. The North, The West, the Stormlands, the Riverlands and the Vale of Arryn would have all united to fight King's Landing and Highgarden, who were the King's Stewards. Dorne and The Iron Islands would sit out.
It would have been less bloody. But I think we'd be living in the same world. Cersei would have remained Queen, married Robert after Rhaegar dies. Tywin would have made sure of that before teaming up with Storm's End.
But---Cersei would have trueborn heirs by Rhaegar probably, so Robert actually might not have become king. The Targaryen succession would have remained, likely. Which means Viserys and Dany never flee to Dragonstone and Essos. Oooh. So the story would have been pretty mundane. Maybe not a rebellion, but just a mission to save Lyanna, because the gain of a rebellion is not great. If you remove one Targaryen, you have to remove them all or it's really just a hissy fit. Interesting...
It would have been less bloody. But I think we'd be living in the same world. Cersei would have remained Queen, married Robert after Rhaegar dies. Tywin would have made sure of that before teaming up with Storm's End.
But---Cersei would have trueborn heirs by Rhaegar probably, so Robert actually might not have become king. The Targaryen succession would have remained, likely. Which means Viserys and Dany never flee to Dragonstone and Essos. Oooh. So the story would have been pretty mundane. Maybe not a rebellion, but just a mission to save Lyanna, because the gain of a rebellion is not great. If you remove one Targaryen, you have to remove them all or it's really just a hissy fit. Interesting...
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